I did! I didn't like it much, it kind of bothered me with regards to some gender and romance tropes of which I'm not very fond. I mean, I understand that it's an homage to older science fiction, but therein, I think, is my issue with it--I actually actively avoid reading anything from the literary epoch from which most of AWOM's allusions are being drawn because I am always acutely aware of how it's being directed at an audience of a different gender and race from myself.

If you're looking for a place to talk about YW, though, there's a group on deviantart and a community on livejournal and, of course, the official forums themselves.

that's true, I suppose- I thought all the references to other stories were interesting, but to be honest I didn't have too much of an opinion on them, as I don't really read science fiction much and so I wasn't really familiar with the stories being referenced.the things that I really disliked though, were that for one I thought she was going to end the series with wizards at war- it was my favorite of the series, but I honestly didn't expect any more books after that. I mean, they saved the entire universe, so I wasn't really sure what could top that. but then another book comes out, but of course I bought it anyway. but then you discover that roshaun isn't really dead which kind of put me off because I do love roshaun, but things where a character is supposedly dead but suddenly everyone finds out they're really alive! kind of irritate me.and then there was the whole nita/kit thing which is just me not approving of that pairing because the reason I liked their relationship as partners was because it was, you know, one of the few series where a boy and girl are actually friends with no romance involved. but that's just my personal opinion, I'm quite biased on the subject. I did see it coming, though, so it's not like it surprised me very much.also, this might be just me but I dislike how the plots are getting so much more complicated and difficult to follow as time goes on- not that I have anything against intricate plots, but it just comes off as trying to top the previous books somehow. this is probably just my opinion, I'm ridiculously picky sometimes.I am starting to like the book more after rereading it a few times, though. it's not my favorite of the series, but it wasn't my least favorite either. /long ramble

ah, I'm always scared to join groups, they're kind of intimidating to me- but I'll take a look at those anyway, thank you!

the groups do look interesting, I just get very intimidated by people I don't know, especially entire groups of them. but it would be nice to have someplace to dork around all day without getting weird glances, so I'll probably think about joining~